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Adnams The Bitter (Cask)

Percentile
50
overall
Brewed by Adnams
Style: Bitter

Southwold, England

bottling
unknown

on tap
available

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
1313.05/5.03.04/5.03.7%72.7English pint
Commercial Description:
Cask; Regular. Name changed in early 2006 from "Adnams Bitter". Known before 2000 as "Adnams Southwold Bitter".
Was sold as "George Ale" for the George Inn in Southwark until 2007.
A classic cask bitter: the choice of a growing number of discerning licensees. Fragrant aromas of finest English hops and malt. Dry but refreshing, with a distinctive lingering bitterness. Appetising and delicious. Adnams bitter is a category champion.
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 Glouglouburp (2815), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/103/58/20
Sep 13, 2006  
Clear copper with a small white head. Some pine-tree aroma/taste but overall this one lacks hops presence, especially for the genre. Malt flavour is a bit woody. Not even bitter but they sure couldn’t call it Admans The Great.


 Stine (1380), St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/103/59/20
Aug 26, 2006  
Cask at (a pub), Piccadilly Circus, London. Reminiscent of the brewpub IPA that hasn’t fermented long enough, with more than trace amounts sugar still deafening the other flavors trying to shout their way through. Might have been good, but who knows.


 fonefan (11122), VestJylland, Denmark
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Aug 4, 2006  
Cask (handpump) London. Amber colour with no head. Some malty aroma with some fruitiness. A little sweet malty and fruity flavor. Smooth bitterness in the finish.


 Doppelganger (1353), Dry County, Arkansas, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/104/56/104/510/20
Jul 21, 2006    Updated: Aug 7, 2006
Hand-pump at The Vine in Cumnor. Nice looking pint: warm copper, bubbly but sticky cap of head that leaves a frosting-like coating of lace down the glass. Odd sulfur smell. Some nice apple and warm malt under that. Smooth, bready malt, well-integrated and subtle hopping. Very soft on the palate. This tastes like something that could be very solid if the sulfury funk were cleaned up. But as is, only good if you have a cold.


 MaBeer1972 (421), Leominster, Massachusetts, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/103/514/20
Jul 11, 2006  
ON cask at Blackfriar’s in London. Smooth and drinkable, but dry on the finish - I was more into soaking up the atmosphere of the city - roll on.


 Stew41 (1051), Caulfield, Australia
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/514/20
Jul 10, 2006  
Lovely off-white head, quite big but low in density. Tan brown / chocolate brown in colour, seems a little cloudy which is a tad surprising. Notwithstanding looks quite classical. Fresh nose with nice elegant fruity notes and just the faintest of chocolate notes lurking in the background. More chocolate early in the palate albeit faint. What really stands out though is a herbal / nettle flavour that I would typically associate with a highly hopped IPA. Regardless it works well but does take the edge off the fruity notes that I thought may follow off the nose. Finishes with decent sharpness and bitterness.


 M0RHI (1067), Luxembourg, Luxembourg
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/104/511/20
Jun 3, 2006  
medium to dark amber, quite large frothy head, faded quickly. Malty nose, quite sweet. Some summer, dark fruit in the taste, hops, slightly bitter finish, dry, easy to drink. Session ale, quenching.


 hughie (3053), Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/56/104/513/20
May 31, 2006  
Amber with a small head. There was malt in the aroma and fruit is added in the taste. A little sweetness and a mid bitter finish. Decent session beer.



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